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William Somerville 1451 – 1491 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1451

Birth Location: Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 12 APR 1491

Death Location: Carnwath, Lanark, Scotland

Father: John Sommerville

Mother: Margaret Hepburn

Spouse(s): Margaret Montgomery, Janet Douglas, Margaret Somerville, Janet Douglas

Children(s):

William Somerville was born in 1451 in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John of Sommerville and Margaret Hepburn. William Somerville married Margaret Marjory Montgomery, Janet Douglas, Margaret Somerville, Janet Douglas. William Somerville passed away in 1491 in Carnwath, Lanark, Scotland.

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Biography

  • William Somerville was born in 1451 in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John of Sommerville and Margaret Hepburn.
  • William Somerville married Margaret Marjory Montgomery, Janet Douglas, Margaret Somerville, Janet Douglas.
  • William Somerville passed away in 1491 in Carnwath, Lanark, Scotland.

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William Somerville's Ancestors

Self
William Somerville
1451 – 1491
Birth Place: Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
John of Sommerville
1380 – 1491
Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret Hepburn
1430 – 1465
Hailes, Edinburghshire, Scotland
Grandparents
William Somerville
1391 –
Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Janet Mowat
1388 – 1458
Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Adam Hepburn
1382 – 1448
Hailes Castle, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Johanna Borthwick
1388 – 1464
Gorebridge, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
John Mowat
1365 – 1435
Elizabeth Harper
1376 – 1441
Patrick Hailes
1338 – 1402
Beatrice Vaux
1354 – 1412
William Borthwick
1355 – 1429
Elizabeth Haya
1362 – 1390
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Mowat
1335 – 1369
Elizabeth Doull
1340 – 1382
Patrick Hepburn
1325 –
Agnes Dunbar
– 1378
William Vaux
– 1392
Catherine Douglas
1346 –
Thomas Haya
1346 – 1406
Johanna Gifford
1328 – 1398

William Somerville's Timeline

2 Records

1451
1451
Birth of William Somerville in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1491
12 APR 1491
Age 40
Death of William Somerville in Carnwath, Lanark, Scotland
Carnwath, Lanark, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1451
    Event Place: Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 APR 1491
    Event Place: Carnwath, Lanark, Scotland

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